tree (noun) | snag (noun) |
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | a sharp protuberance |
a figure that branches from a single root | a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest |
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | |
an unforeseen obstacle |
tree (verb) | snag (verb) |
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force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | catch on a snag |
plant with trees | get by acting quickly and smartly |
chase an animal up a tree | hew jaggedly |
stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree |